Articles Written by Chris Wheat

The Space at Westbury 3/13
The Space at Westbury, in Westbury, NY, was packed this past Friday night as boxing fans were treated to an eight- bout card, with the final four fights featured on Showtime’s “ShoBox: The New Generation.”
The main event featured two undefeated prospects looking to shine on the televised stage. Antoine Douglas (17-0-1, 11 KOs) of Burke, VA faced Thomas LaManna (16-1, 7 KOs) of Millville, NJ in a 10 round Middleweight bout.
Douglas proved to be ready to take the next step as he took control of the fight from...

The compelling worlds of film and boxing met once again at The Third Annual Shadow Box Film Festival, held December 5th and 6th in Manhattan.
Now in its third year as the world’s only all-boxing film festival, Shadow Box featured fifteen films that were shot or produced in seven different countries.
The School of Visual Arts Theater, in Chelsea, once again hosted the festival.
A surprise visit from former world heavyweight champion Larry Holmes added excitement to the screening of ‘Larry Holmes in the Arena,’ a documentary about the...

Ortiz vs. Collazo 1/30/14--With God in his corner, all things were possible for Luis Collazo on Thursday night at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.
There the Brooklyn born welterweight surprised even his most loyal fans with a second round KO destruction of Victor Ortiz.The two Golden Boy fighters were the main event in a night of boxing televised by Fox Sports Network. The winner of the 12 round bout for Collazo’s WBA International title would certainly has a big fight in his future. For the loser it might be the end of the road.
Ortiz,...

Boxing returned to Brooklyn Monday night when Golden Boy Promotions presented a seven bout card at the Barclays Center’s Cushman/Wakefield Theater, televised by Fox Sports 1.
The main event paired Brooklyn’s own Sadam Ali, recently signed to a promotional deal by Golden Boy, and Catskill, NY’s Jay Krupp in an eight round welterweight contest.
Ali had to fight off Krupp’s charges, and heavy left hook, but once he settled into a rhythm with his jab, he was able to properly exhibit his skills edge. After eight rounds, the judges gave...

New York boxing fans packed the Five Star Banquet Hall in Long Island City Wednesday night as Eileen Olszewski (8-5-2, 1KO) defeated Patty Alcivar (7-2-0, 3KO) by TKO to capture the IFBA world flyweight title in an action packed fight.
The scheduled ten round contest, a rematch from a March 27 fight, was the headline attraction in a full night of boxing presented by Uprising Promotions that featured nine other bouts.
As the bell sounded to kick off the main event both fighters went right to the center of the ring and began exchanging...

It is the dream of every professional fighter when they lace up the gloves to win a world title.
Queens, NY native Patty Alcivar (7-1, 3 KOs) realized part of that dream this past March when she defeated Eileen Olszewski (7-5-2) by unanimous decision to win the NYS women’s flyweight title. “I always had a plan that my ultimate goal was to win a world championship,” Alcivar stated at the time, “so this is the first step.”
Tonight, Alcivar looks to complete that plan when she meets Olszewski again, this time for the vacant IFBA world...

Hector Camacho Jr. had seen the bright lights that accompany fame and fortune. He had seen what crowded training camps, sold-out arenas, and lavish parties looked like.
His father was the late Hector “Macho” Camacho, a boxing superstar with a flamboyant personality and superb fighting skills that would assure him a place in the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Camacho Jr. had seen what all that looked like. Perhaps from something of a distance as his famous father was absent for stretches of his childhood, but he had seen it.
In July...

The laws of physics came into play this afternoon at the Theater at Madison Square Garden. Britain's Tyson Fury (21-0, 15KO) stopped Philadelphia's Steve Cunningham (25-6, 12KO) with a right hook in the 7th round of their 12 round heavyweight eliminator.
In the days leading up to the clash discussion centered around whether the smaller and lighter Cunningham (6ft 3, 210lbs) would be able to stand up to the taller and heavier Fury's (6ft 9, 254lbs) attack.
Cunningham began the contest using his agility and movement to establish a pace and let...